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Quiz: Pointers

If you didn't do as well as you wanted to, be sure to read through Cprogramming.com's tutorial on Pointers in C++. Otherwise, double congratulations, pointers are a tricky topic!

1. Which of the following is the proper declaration of a pointer?
A. int x;
B. int &x;
C. ptr x;
D. int *x;

2. Which of the following gives the memory address of integer variable a?
A. *a;
B. a;
C. &a;
D. address(a);

3. Which of the following gives the memory address of a pointer a?
A. a;
B. *a;
C. &a;
D. address(a);

4. Which of the following gives the value stored at the address pointed to by the pointer a?
A. a;
B. val(a);
C. *a;
D. &a;

5. Which of the following is the proper keyword to allocate memory?
A. new
B. malloc
C. create
D. value

6. Which of the following is the proper keyword to deallocate memory?
A. free
B. delete
C. clear
D. remove


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